Lieutenant Starbuck (Dirk Benedict) is a handsome, fumarello-smoking, womanizing, smart-aleck Colonial Warrior. He's one of Galactica's finest pilots and also the best friend of Lieutenant Boomer and Captain Apollo, whose family he's become a friend of - including Adama and Boxey. He was involved with Athena for a time until he later shifted his eyes towards a Gemonese socialator and medtech Cassiopeia. Starbuck was born on Caprica in the agro settlement of Umbra. He was orphaned when a Cylon raid destroyed the settlement, and has trained to become a Viper pilot since then.